In 1877 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. Ever the showman, Edison liked to demonstrate his device by allowing people to speak into the machine, after which he’d play the recording back for them. However, back in... Read More

At the American Humanist Association 70th Annual Conference, I purchased books written by our Humanist awardees—Rebecca Goldstein’s 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, Steve Wozniak’s iWoz, Candace Gingrich-Jones’ The Accidental... Read More

By Bill Daehler To read the "Chapter Leaders Roundtable Report" by Eric Nguyen, click here. (The Humanist Network News email included the wrong link. We regret the error.) The budget battles in Washington will have... Read More

With the recent court decision overturning a challenge to the National Day of Prayer, the American Humanist Association is promoting an alternative with the more inclusive National Day of Reason.The official National Day of Reason... Read More

Leadership at the American Humanist Association expressed anger  over the decision on April 15 by a federal appeals court to overturn last year’s ruling which declared the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional. 7th Court of... Read More

By Monica Miller UPDATE January 11, 2012: Jessica Ahlquist has won her lawsuit against Cranston High School West regarding the religious prayer banner hanging in her school. Read the AHA's press release on the case.  “I don’t feel that... Read More

“Successful society requires religion,” read the headline of an editorial in the March 23, 2011, edition of the Daily Targum, Rutgers student newspaper. It went on to suggest that, without religion, one loses one’s moral code and... Read More